Had the same problem actually, someone wise on this forum (not sure who or else I would give credit!) told me that I should try eating more salt. It helped, whether that was just because I got over the carb flu, it was all in my head, or it actually worked I'm not really sure.

More salt and also you might want to go even lower carb temporarily, to really switch on the adaptation. You are sort of in what is called the "zone of misery", too low carb to feel good and too high to achieve adaptation.

More salt and also you might want to go even lower carb temporarily, to really switch on the adaptation. You are sort of in what is called the "zone of misery", too low carb to feel good and too high to achieve adaptation.

This. SB beat me to it. You might want to check out the blog of Dr Peter Atia called The Eating Academy. He is the one who coined the term "zone of misery".

You might be able to use fatty acids for energy, but your certainly not going to do it well if your carbs are to high, that's at maintenance after induction. The fastest route would be to cut them out completely, forcing your body to rely on fatty acid oxidation, then adding them back in. Just an option, That's what I did when I first went primal, but I went back to zero carbs like at maintenance because I liked it.

If you don't need to lose any weight, your body burns fat just fine. Why are you asking this question? Is it to help you through the adjustment period? It may have more to do with adjusting to not eating shit than carbohydrates. What's your main source of carbohydrates right now?